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...disk surgery, with no guarantee of success. Then she found a chiropractor who, she recalls, "did all kinds of wonderful things." In addition to spinal manipulation, the practitioner served up a potpourri of health-care advice on everything from diet to correct posture and toning up muscles in the stomach and lower back. Now, she says, "my back is almost perfect. My body feels aligned; it feels straight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is There a Method to Manipulation? | 9/23/1991 | See Source »

...German study showed marked reduction in blood fats, including cholesterol, among people who consumed the equivalent of one clove of garlic a day. The active compounds are probably the same sulfur derivatives that give garlic its distinctive odor. Other studies suggest that sulfur compounds may suppress the development of stomach cancer in humans and breast cancer in laboratory animals. Garlic does not have to be eaten raw, but deep frying and high heat could destroy its active ingredients. If the idea of fresh garlic is just too malodorous, a German-based company markets a tablet form, which it claims...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wonders of The Vegetable Bin | 9/2/1991 | See Source »

...caught in a Catch-22," says Collier. "The government doesn't give you a strict definition of what's eligible [for indirect cost allocation]...then they come back and hit you in the stomach...

Author: By Gady A. Epstein, | Title: The GAO Directs Its Attention to Indirect Costs | 6/6/1991 | See Source »

Harvard's seventh singles player, Rachel Pollock, filled in for number-three Melissa McNabb--who suffered a pulled stomach muscle in doubles play--and defeated Shannon Crockett to make...

Author: By Daniel L. Jacobowitz, | Title: For Netwomen, a Bittersweet Finale | 5/6/1991 | See Source »

...mention a few body harnesses, handcuffs, whips, chains--and if you can stomach them, cock rings or nipple clips (that conveniently vary in degrees of tightness, of course...

Author: By Esme Howard, | Title: Enhancing the Sexual Experience | 4/20/1991 | See Source »

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